It all started with a bizarre incident of attacking the land lords at a small village in west benagl called naxalbari, a moment was born and the people associated with it were called naxals. It was a moment for poor against the atrocities of the "Government", a government supposed to be a collective efforts of rich and poor but unfortunately did not involve poor and tribals. Although the cause of naxals was angelic but the way employed by them was undemocratic and barbaric. Justifying naxals is like justifying phoolan devi for killing the thakurs.
The Maoist/naxal menace is increasingly becoming a big headache for the Indian government.Sometimes I feel that my country is envied by the gods, on one side we have Pakistan and on other side we have china, as if this was not enough the internal naxal problem which tantamount to terrorism is growing. The naxals are becoming bolder and determined every day.
The society usually looks up to its intellectuals for guidance, but in India the Intellectuals are always caught on a wrong foot, either it is the matter of hanging a terrorist, constructing a dam, testing nuclear weapons or the naxal violence. They always seems to be supporting the wrong side to be more precise always anti-government. I agree that the government has failed on many fronts and there are flaws in the system of democracy but it’s not beyond repair. The growing violence of naxals is a direct message to the government to start thinking about the tribals and poor people, building roads in Gadchiroli is as important as building a sea link in mumbai. Why is that the government always requires naxal attack to realize that the region lacks development, the government has become like a police force of hindi films, reaching the place after the actual action has taken place.
Naxals call themselves people's representatives but never hesitate to kill their own people if they violate their commands, they claim to struggle for the common man but take pride in beheading a cop who is also an another common man doing his duty and following the orders given to him. Naxals, Moists and Menace have become the synonyms of present times. Naxals should never forget that unlike Mao the greatest revolutionary Gandhi never used GUN to WIN.
